“Lest at any time”
Christ knew what the world would be like in the days preceding his return. He knew the way it could subtly deceive us from faithful service to him. Temptation comes at any time and particularly when we are most vulnerable. The temptation of the Lord is an example of this. S…
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Luke’s record of the Olivet Prophecy
In our lectures, one of the most commonly used sections of Scripture on ‘current events’ is taken from our Lord’s words in Luke 21. As we relate the events around the destruc…
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Timothy is Called to the Work of Preaching
After leaving Lystra and Iconia, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch in Syria and “rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles” (Acts 14:27). The introduction of many Gentiles into the faith …
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In a previous issue of The Lampstand (Volume 7 No 6) we published a feature on Shepherds and Sheep. In this issue we consider a complementary theme under the title The Rôle of a Watchman. Both of these themes occur in consecutive chapters in Ezekiel 33 and 34 and are significantly located in the se…
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“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ” 1 Corinthians 12:12
The One Body of which we are all members is made up of diverse parts. These articles serve to remind us of the need to be aware of the many memb…
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“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?” Proverbs 27:23,24
We come each week to examine ourselves by the example we revere in our Lord Jesus Christ. We soberly reflect upon the…
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If one fundamental doctrine of Bible truth is changed it inevitably leads to a corruption of other Bible teachings. An example of this is the error regarding the teaching of immortal souls. From this error comes the false teaching of heaven and hell at death. However the Catholic doctrine of Purgato…
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We concluded the last article with Henry VIII near the end of his life. He was head of the Church of England, having broken with Rome and the Catholic Church. Before his death he had authorised the use of two Bibles, The Great Bible of 1539 and the Matthew’s Bible of 1537. This now allowed the peo…
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As we continue tracing events leading to the production of our King James Bible we will follow the remarkable effect that Erasmus’ Greek text had in opening scholars’ minds to clearer Bible teaching, which resulted in driving the Reformation. Through reading and thinking upon the Bible men gaine…
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When Paul quoted the well known words of this household proverb to the Corinthian and Galatian Ecclesias, all would have understood what he was saying. For millennia children had watched their mothers take a little leaven, carefully knead it into a large lump of fresh dough and then over the next fe…
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